Improvement in apparatus for treating horses



n. SULLIVAN. Apparatus for Treating Hors s No. 139,207. Ratnied May 30,1373."

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UNITED STATES PATENT O IC DENNIS SULLIVAN, orwAsHINeToN, msrnro'r orooL MBmf IMPROVEMENT IN A'PPARATUQ FOR TREATING HORSES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 139,207, dated May 20, 1873; application filed November 4, 1872.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DENNIS SULLIVAN, of Washington, in the District of Columbia, have invented an Apparatus for Treating Horses, of which the following is a specificationl Nature and Objects of the Invention.

This invention relates to means for administering pure or medicated steam to horses, for the cure of catarrhal, epidemic, and other The invention consists in a steambath of peculiar construction, comprising a tight box or stall to receive the animal during its'treatment. Means are provided for allow-' ing the head to project and for supplying air to the steam chamber when the horses head is inclosed, or to assist in regulating the at- Description of the Drawing.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the apparatus, in illustrative form. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section of the same.

General Description. A represents a low horizontal platform,

I mountedon wheels, 2, to support the remainder of the apparatus and to render the same portable. B represents a small steam-boiler of any approved construction adapted to supply the requisite quantity of steam, at from fifteen to twenty-five pounds pressure. Crepresents a close box or stall, adapted to accommodate a horse in standing position. D represents a tempora y bridge or incline, by which to walk the a imal into the slightly elevated box. The U iler A is constructed and furnished with a giate, y, fire-door w, ashpit door it, smokesta or pipe 1:, liquid supply-neck n, with cap t, a pipe, p, for drawing on the liquid to empty the boiler, a steampipe, 12, with a blow-off branch, 10'', and cocks c 0 0 in the respective pipes. The steampipe p extends into the horse-box or stall O, and, preferably, so as to discharge beneath the chest of the animal or between its fore legs. The box 0 is further constructed and. furnished with a door, h, (either sliding on hinged,) through which to introduce the animal, and a corresponding window or small.

door, h, for releasing or confining the head; also, with a ventilator, s, of any suit-able construction, to permit the escape of steam and to admit more or less airyas may be necessary. This may be operated by means of a cord, 1'. The box is also furnished with a thermometer, g, by which to determine the degree of heat within the chamber. The

arrangement of the parts is obviously varia able, as also unessential details of construction. The box, in the illustration", is constructed of wood, lined with sheet metal.

The apparatus may be adapted to treat two or more horses atone and the same time, by a mere multiplication, or multiplication and enlargement, of parts. The apparatus may be either portable or stationary.

. Operation.

The boiler 13 being cleansed, and the cooks e c 0 closed, it is charged with {a supply of water and any medicinal agent which it may be desirable to use, and the cap tis applied. The boiler is next heated, so as to generate steam, and a steam pressure of from fifteen.

to twenty-five pounds is maintained.

To treat a horse, it is admitted into the box or stall O, fastened in by means of the.

perature is gradually attained, and then to maintain the proper degree of heat. This may be determined by reference to the thermometer q, and the heat may be promptly and readily regulated by means of the cock 0, and by opening the ventilator s, moreor less, by means of the cord r. The degree of heat which the animal can bear, and the peculiar character of the steam, and the length of the operation, will be determined by thestrength of the animal and the nature of its afi'ection.

It is known that vapor and steam have heretofore been administered to horses, both internally and externally, for the cure of various disorders; but not by apparatus similar to that described above; and, as is believed, with very inferior results to those which can be attained by means of this invention.

7 Claim. The following isclaimed as new, namely: An' apparatus for treating horses with pure or medicated steam, having a close box or stall O, and constructed and operating substantially as herein set forth, for the purpose specified.

Witnesses: DENNIS SULLIVAN.

J AS. L. EWIN, OGTAVIUS KNIGHT. 

